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Originally Posted by O.city
I just don't see the ability to test and trace out 330 million americans as a possibility.
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Not now.
We needed to keep the lock down going through June 1. I said it weeks ago, and I'll say it again. I've stressed patience throughout this entire thread.
Beyond that, we need vigorous application of distancing and hygiene measures. The messaging behind this should have been consistent from the beginning, but the politicization of the virus has caused a sizable portion of the country to view methods of dropping the R0 as a partisan issue rather than one of public health.
Analyses in several locations around the world have shown the ability to get the R0 below one with these measures. If done, you can stamp the first wave of the epidemic out and then handle future flareups with much greater precision. But when you lack coordinated messaging about the seriousness and spread of the disease, and when people view public health through a political lens instead of a human one, you end up with a cocked up response.
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